Real estate and infrastructure investment effectively exist in two separate worlds – despite often sharing the same physical space. Allocations to both asset classes are invariably kept separate despite the underlying assets making up much of the built environment.

Real estate investment managers are being forced to adapt to a harsher environment. Investors are increasingly looking to invest with fewer managers and are demanding more reporting and transparency. There is a need to be able to deploy capital much more quickly than was expected in the past, meaning that a particular investment strategy can be out of date by the time ‘blind-pool’ fundraising has taken place.

Real estate and infrastructure investment effectively exist in two separate worlds – despite often sharing the same physical space. Allocations to both asset classes are invariably kept separate despite the underlying assets making up much of the built environment.

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Real estate and infrastructure investment effectively exist in two separate worlds – despite often sharing the same physical space. Allocations to both asset classes are invariably kept separate despite the underlying assets making up much of the built environment.

Axel von Goldbeck, managing director of the German Property Federation (ZIA), speaks at the IP Real Estate Global Awards in Munich and dispels some of the myths surrounding the country’s residential market

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Real estate and infrastructure investment effectively exist in two separate worlds – despite often sharing the same physical space. Allocations to both asset classes are invariably kept separate despite the underlying assets making up much of the built environment.

Real estate investment managers are being forced to adapt to a harsher environment. Investors are increasingly looking to invest with fewer managers and are demanding more reporting and transparency. There is a need to be able to deploy capital much more quickly than was expected in the past, meaning that a particular investment strategy can be out of date by the time ‘blind-pool’ fundraising has taken place.